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1. What kind of organism was used in this study? How appropriate were they for testing the influence of competition? Why do you think so?
2. What was the resource? How do the organisms differ in their use of the resource?

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How does the habitat gradient influence resource use?
3. What is the mechanism of competition? How did Connell quanitfy the mechanics of competition? Look at Table II and adjacent text.
4. What were the experimental treatments? Were they relevant to the questions he was asking? Why do you think so.
5. How good is the evidence that competition defines the pattern of zonation of these species? Do you think Connell conclusively demonstrated that competition was the most important factor? How about the alternative hypothesis that Chthamalus does not live on the low shore because it is not able to tolerate more submerged conditions?
6. Given that the species coexist, how do you reconcile the observation that competition is important in this system?
7. What about predation? Does Connell show good evidence that predation is not important? Look at Table VII.
8. Why do we care whether competition is important in some highly restrictive experimental situation? What is the relevance to the “real world?” Look at Connell’s discussion of zonation at the end of the paper and see if you agree or disagree with his comments.

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